The region logo displays the coat o airms creatit in the 1990s an which combines the coats o airms o the auld provinces makkin up Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Economically the region is the third maist important in Fraunce juist ahint Île-de-France an Rhône-Alpes. Its GDP in 2006 wis € 130,178 million ($US 163,600 million) an per caipita GDP wis € 27,095 ($US 34,051).